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Gus Malzahn and staff meet with 5-star Rashaan Evans, other key recruits as dead period ends

Auburn's Rashaan Evans

Alabama All Star Rashaan Evans (40) of Auburn High School during practice for the AHSAA Alabama-Mississippi All Star game Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. (Julie Bennett/jbennett@al.com)

After weeks of being out of contact with recruits due to the NCAA's recruiting dead period, Auburn's coaching staff has been unleashed on the recruiting trail in full force on Thursday.

Leading the way for the Tigers on their first day of the new contact period is head coach Gus Malzahn, who headed straight to Georgia on Thursday morning. According to 247Sports, Malzahn visited 2015 outside linebacker Roquan Smith to start the day.

On Thursday evening, Malzahn is scheduled to meet with 5-star 2014 outside linebacker Rashaan Evans, according to Evans' father. The meeting will take place just hours after Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart's in-home visit with the Evans family. Evans, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound star from Auburn High School, is scheduled to take an official visit to Alabama this weekend before heading to Auburn next weekend. Evans told AL.com on Wednesday that he plans to announce his decision on National Signing Day.

One of the busiest Auburn assistants on Thursday will be offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee, who is expected to visit recruits around the country on his first day back on the trail. Lashlee's first stop came in Baltimore where he reportedly visited with 5-star offensive tackle Damian Prince. The massive lineman, who is also considering, Florida, Florida State and South Carolina among others, is not currently scheduled to take an official visit to Auburn and the Tigers landing one of his final weekend visit spots would be considered a major upset victory for Auburn.